mercedula

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

mercēdŭla: ae, f.
dim. 1. merces.
I Small wages, poor pay (class.): infimi homines mercedula adducti, Cic. de Or. 1, 45, 198: isto modo nec medico quicquam debere te nisi mercedulam dicis nec praeceptori, Sen. Ben. 6, 15, 1.—
II Hire, rent, income: constituere mercedulas praediorum, Cic. Att. 13, 11, 1.